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What Happens When Academics Essay the “Wang Dang Doodle” of Life?
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What Happens When Academics Essay the “Wang Dang Doodle” of Life?

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Mark Reynolds
/ 28 November 2017

Flippancy of postmodern rhetorical parkour (iƒ.e., “jargon"), when wielded indiscriminately, draws boundaries between the insiders who know it and the outsiders who don't.

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